Assam woman collects plastic waste, turns it into traditional handloom products

Rupjyoti Saikia Gogoi started collecting plastic waste from different areas and weaving it into traditional handloom items like handbags, table mats, decoration items and doormats.

A 47-year-old woman in Assam’s Kaziranga has come up with a unique initiative to tackle the problem of plastic waste along with helping others earn a livelihood from it. Rupjyoti Saikia Gogoi lives in the vicinity of Kaziranga National Park, which is a major tourist attraction and a world heritage site. The area sees a huge amount of discarded plastic waste on a regular basis. To tackle this problem, Rupjyoti Saikia Gogoi started collecting plastic waste from different areas and weaving it into traditional handloom items like handbags, table mats, decoration items and doormats.